Posts Tagged: "tv"

Who doesn’t like a chance to show off? LG sure does – the Display division of the electronics company took time on Tuesday to show off a new wallpaper-thin OLED TV in its homeland of Korea. OLED is already the cutting edge of picture color quality, and prices for OLED...

While everyone agrees that 4K TVs are the next big thing in high definition, most consumers take one look at prices and then back away slowly – paying several thousand dollars for even the low-end 4K models was a tough sell. We were promised that prices would improve shortly, and...

If there’s one control scheme that has a surprising amount of nostalgia around it, it’s the dial. People love dials; they may never use them anymore, but that’s only because the button is easier to program for in the digital age. But, some people miss the dial so much, they’re...

If you’re into the idea of being a cordcutter like I am, then the newly announced PlayStation Vue app for the PS4 and PS3 is likely going to be for you. The Vue is a new cloud-based TV service that “reinvents” the television experience. The service uses the cloud to combine...

The Chromecast rocked. Noticed my use of past tense? Why? My Chromecast is barely useable now. Perhaps it’s only fair to say that my home’s WiFi may be responsible. However, no other wireless products in my home struggle like the Chromecast. That in mind, videos are slow to load and...

Free TV is the best TV. That’s what I think and if you disagree, then you had better roll up your shirt sleeves and prepare to rumble. And don’t give me that “this app lets me watch TV when I want it for a few dollars” either — time-shifting is...

HDTV came and went. 4K is now here, but it’s not enough. As good as all that has come before has been, OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) is better. Because on a technical level, this film of organic compound providing an emissive electroluminescent layer can be thinner and lighter than...

Want a sleek, compact form factor Media PC? A common starting point is a Lenovo IdeaCentre Q190, and today you can grab one straight from the manufacturer for a lowest ever price of only $150 after coupon EARLYQ190. For faster drive transfer rates, boots, game loads, and more, the 256GB...

HDTVs have to do all kinds of things – from providing a high resolution image so football and other sports look good to baby-sitting the kids by playing Blu-ray or DVDs. But take the TV outside and two things become a necessity: that it doesn’t get infiltrated by dust or...

The whole idea behind a “sound table” is to provide convenient amplified sound from the television or any video device that is playing on it. But to integrate as the audio system of a home theater, this “sound table” needs to do more than just cram speakers and electronics into...

Pedestal type sound stands aren’t new — they’ve been offered as alternatives to audio systems and, more recently, sound bars for a number of years. That Vizio feels that a 2.1 sound system that can be placed under a television set has value tells you something — after all the...